Received an offer from MM for public finance and an offer from Top 3 BB for corporate banking. Which one should I pick? Long term goal is traditional IB to PE.
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Public finance is probably more direct
But what are you covering in corporate banking? Is it something you would enjoy more?
When I was starting I interviewed with every banking group on the street, now that I am into the job I would probably rather have taken Tech Corporate banking over public finance...
Just depends what you want
I received an offer from JPM for a summer internship. It’s a rotational program, but they have leveraged finance/syndicated finance/financial sponsors rotations within the program. The other offer is from a MM like Jefferies. I am really not sure which one to pick as I know public finance is more direct. However, it also sounds like I would get more of a corporate IB type of experience within JPM’s commerical bank.
I also know that public finance can have some transferable skills to IB since there is infrastructure and P3 within pub fin
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